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Although Toby Enstrom agreed to waive his no-movement clause, allowing him to be exposed in the expansion draft, he didn't want to leave Winnipeg.

"I can confirm that Enstrom has waived his no-move as a favour to the Jets organization. Tobias has played his entire career in the organization and has always been treated with the best respect," his agent, Kalle Boden said. "He has warm feelings for the city and the Jets organization and wanted to help them out in a tricky situation. Enstrom is positive the Jets have a bright future and he wants to be a part of that. Therefore he is 100 per cent clear that he wants to stay." In the end, the Jets worked out a trade with Vegas that involved the Golden Knights claiming Chris Thorburn, so Enstrom is still with the Jets. Enstrom, 32, had a goal and 14 points in 60 contests while averaging 21:54 minutes last season. Jun 22 - 10:28 AM

Toby Enstrom could be lost to the Vegas Golden Knights in the expansion draft.

Enstrom and Marko Dano are viewed as the most likely players to be taken from Winnipeg in the expansion draft. If the Jets lose Enstrom, who agreed to waive his no-movement clause to be exposed, then they will have to look for a replacement defender who can occupy the left side during the off-season. Jun 20 - 10:33 AM

Depth Charts

Mark Scheifele said he's "pushing to be better than Connor, better than Sid" as he enters his fifth full NHL season.

Only McDavid, Crosby, Patrick Kane, Nicklas Backstrom, Nikita Kucherov and Brad Marchand finished ahead of Scheifele in scoring last season. "Obviously they're pretty lofty goals," Scheifele said. "Those guys are special players. They work unbelievably hard at their game. But at one time last year, I was top in the league in scoring." Scheifele has spent the off-season working with Gary Roberts on conditioning and with Adam Oates on skills. He is hoping to improve his power-play numbers this year after he recorded just 15 points on the man advantage in 2016-17.

Coach Paul Maurice believes the move will give Petan a better chance to make the team going into the regular season. "Playing the wing this year, it's a bit different but I'm coming in with a bit more of an offensive mindset," said Petan. "I'll make my plays, but try to get as many shots off as I can. Having the games played that I do and having more experience, I think I know what it takes now to finally play a full 60 minutes and a full 82 (games). My body is ready for it, I'm ready for it." He has registered three goals and 19 points in 80 games with the Jets over the past two seasons.

Nikolaj Ehlers scored a goal in Winnipeg's 4-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night.

Ehlers scored the first goal of the game, but the Oilers responded by scoring four unanswered goals. Ehlers had a solid sophomore season in the NHL last year, as he scored 25 goals and 64 points in 82 games. It's reasonable to expect the 21-year-old to improve those numbers this season.

The Jets started training camp by icing what may be their top two lines come the start of the season.

Mark Scheifele skated between Patrik Laine and Blake Wheeler, while Bryan Little centered Mathieu Perreault and Nikolaj Ehlers. Needless to say, the winner in this alignment is Perreault, who could put up some lofty numbers skating with the crafty Little.

Matt Hendricks wants to be a "big presence" in the Winnipeg Jets locker room.

Hendricks, who signed a one-year deal with the Jets last week, considers himself to be a vocal leader. "I’m a guy who likes to talk a lot in the room, pick teammates up and play a physical brand," Hendricks said. "I’m an energy guy, win faceoffs, block shots on the penalty kill. I want to be a big presence in the room. When we talk about consistency, it isn’t just a game thing. You have to be a pro every day you come to the rink, whether you’re watching video tape of the last game or putting on skates to go out and practice. Everybody has to be pushing each other for jobs and ice time. If you’re not doing that, you’re standing still. You’re not becoming a better team." The veteran will help bring energy and physicality to the lineup, but he won't have an ounce of fantasy value.

The Jets have lost Shawn Matthias for the season due to surgery to repair a torn labrum.

The labrum, mind you, is the cup-shaped rim of cartilage that lines and reinforces the ball and socket joint of the shoulder. Matthias' season ends with eight goals and 12 points in 45 games. He'll enter his age-30 campaign in 2017-18 and ding the cap at $2.125M in the final year of his contract.

Kyle Connor wants to secure a roster spot with the Jets entering the 2017-18 season.

Connor got his first audition in Monday's exhibition game against Minnesota when he started on a line with Adam Lowry and Joel Armia. "It's preseason, but you can always go out there and show something," he said. "(The depth chart) can change any day, so for me, I need to (worry) about what I can control and play my game out there and show that I belong." He could claim a third-line spot going into the regular season.

Brandon Tanev has inked a one-year, $700,000 contract with the Winnipeg Jets.

Tanev's contract is one-way, so he'll earn that amount even if he gets sent to the minors. He had two goals and four points in 51 games with Winnipeg as a rookie last season. He also recorded two goals and nine points in 23 AHL contests.

Blake Wheeler believes the Winnipeg Jets need to make the playoffs this year.

"It's gotta be this year, it just has to be," said Wheeler. "We have enough talent. There's no reason why we can't push this to the next level this year. It's going to be about getting this group together and figuring out how we have to play to win hockey games." Winnipeg finished ninth in the Western Conference last season, but they still missed the playoffs by seven points.

Patrik Laine scored two goals and three assists in Monday’s 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames.

Both of Laine’s goals came on the power play. The 19-year-old had a terrific rookie season, as he put up an impressive 36 goals and 64 points in 73 games with the Jets last season. Don’t be surprised if he surpasses all of those totals in 2017-18. He has the potential to develop into one of the top wingers in the NHL. He should be drafted high in standard and dynasty leagues.

Byfuglien averaged a league-leading 27:26 of playing time per game last season. The Jets were missing plenty of defenders, mostly due to injuries, so Byfuglien had to take on more ice time. If Jacob Trouba, Josh Morrissey, Toby Enstrom, Tyler Myers and Dmitry Kulikov can stay healthy then there won't be as much pressure on Byfuglien and he can get a breather during penalty kill situations.

Jacob Trouba received a match penalty for an illegal check to the head of Calgary's Marek Hrivik on Monday night.

Trouba is suspended pending league review of the hit, but coach Paul Maurice believes it could be rescinded. "I've looked at it a bunch of times. I understand the call on the ice, just the way it looks because of the angles of the referees," Maurice said. "And I want that call in exhibition, you don't want to miss something like that and the game gets right out of hand. But I think you'll find it end up being a pretty clean hit."

Josh Morrissey will represent Canada at the World Hockey Championships.

Morrissey picked up six goals and 14 assists in 82 games this season. He averaged over 19:29 of ice time for the Jets in 2016-17. Teammate Mark Scheifele will also suit up for Canada at this spring's tournament.

Tyler Myers is back to 100 percent after he was limited to just 11 games last season.

"It was a tough recovery and a long road, but we got through it," said Myers of his groin issue. "I'm feeling good now and it's exciting for me to be back on the ice with the guys. You just have to put last year behind you and I don't feel like it's going to take too long to get back into the swing of things. Things are moving forward, looking up. I want to get back to helping the team." His son, Tristan, is also doing well after he was born five weeks prematurely and then suffered a stroke. Myers is ready to focus bouncing back for the upcoming season with the problems of last year behind him.

Dmitry Kulikov doesn't want to think about the freak injury that plagued him last year.

Kulikov injured his back in the preseason when he took a hit from Toronto's Colin Greening and fell into the open door of the players' bench. The back injury bothered him throughout the season. "Definitely, I’m trying not to think about that a lot," said Kulikov. "It just takes you out of your rhythm when you play 10 games and miss 20 and then play 10 and miss 20. You don’t get into a rhythm. You don’t get familiar with the system. Mentally, it’s hard because it’s always on your mind, that injury bugging you on a daily basis. A lot of the times it was frustrating during the season, having to go through rehab and then it happens again, going to rehab and it happens again. You just kind of couldn’t break that cycle, so that was the toughest part." Kulikov signed a three-year, $13 million contract with Winnipeg this off-season. The Jets are his third team in three years (Panthers, Sabres).

Although Toby Enstrom agreed to waive his no-movement clause, allowing him to be exposed in the expansion draft, he didn't want to leave Winnipeg.

"I can confirm that Enstrom has waived his no-move as a favour to the Jets organization. Tobias has played his entire career in the organization and has always been treated with the best respect," his agent, Kalle Boden said. "He has warm feelings for the city and the Jets organization and wanted to help them out in a tricky situation. Enstrom is positive the Jets have a bright future and he wants to be a part of that. Therefore he is 100 per cent clear that he wants to stay." In the end, the Jets worked out a trade with Vegas that involved the Golden Knights claiming Chris Thorburn, so Enstrom is still with the Jets. Enstrom, 32, had a goal and 14 points in 60 contests while averaging 21:54 minutes last season.

The Winnipeg Jets have re-signed Ben Chiarot to a two-year, $2.8 million contract.

Chiarot was scheduled to become a restricted free agent on July 1st. The 26-year-old had two goals, 12 points and 33 penalty minutes in 59 games in 2016-17. Don't expect him to have any fantasy value heading into next season, as he's more of a depth player for Winnipeg.

Tucker Poolman is pushing Ben Chiarot for the seventh defense spot on the Jets.

"He's had a really strong camp. He hasn't had a dip and he hasn't had a lull," said coach Paul Maurice of Poolman. "The skill set is obvious. He's big, he moves, he can shoot the puck and he’s shown nice hands to make some plays with it. But you don't know until you get into the heavier going. But he handles it well." He hasn't been slowed at all despite coming off bilateral shoulder surgery, but it wouldn't be surprising if his first pro season was mostly in the AHL.

The Winnipeg Jets have inked Steve Mason to a two-year, $8.2 million contract.

Mason had a mediocre season in Philadelphia in 2016-17 (26-21-8 record with a 2.66 goals-against-average and a .908 save percentage) but is still at least a league-average netminder. He will battle Connor Hellebuyck for playing time in the Peg and should see approximately 40 starts with an emerging Jets squad.

Hellebuyck can't be faulted on the only goal he gave up, as his teammates allowed Jared Spurgeon to pinch in from the point before he roofed a shot high and blocker-side. The Jets signed Steve Mason to a two-year contract this summer, but Hellebuyck should still be considered the team's goalie of the future. It's a big year for the 24-year-old.